Takenaka Hanbei (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
strategicnaps) wrote2029-04-28 02:01 pm
strategicnaps) wrote2029-04-28 02:01 pm
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They have time to talk before they reach camp, right? Right.]
You see, I returned home. But I didn't remember the CDC when I was there. I just continued life there for some time without even knowing it existed.
I'm not sure if I was brought home on purpose.
[But he probably was. Maybe? He doesn't know. And for once in his life, he's not quite sure if he wants to ask.]
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It's a thought that has him quiet for a short while. ]
What about the Instructors? Are they here too?
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[He holds up the Blackglass and fiddles with the touchscreen for a moment. If he notices the pause for thought, he doesn't say it out loud.]
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(which i hope is where that thing is, the blackglass image confuses me ok)and turning his arm, still largely curious about them. ] I don't think so, but I haven't really paid attention to it. [ Sometimes that one cuff beeped but uhhhh. ]I know the colours tell you what team you're on. [ Which would be more evident on his if he had the screen up, but for now his synchroniser band gives off a green. ] I thought they were some kind of gadget to keep track of us.
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They're physically separate, but they are synced at the same time, so close enough...! The cuff doubles as a comms device too, anyway.]Mhm. The Blackglass tracks where we go and if we're injured. [And, theoretically, alerts the hovering spaceship and sends someone to save them. Theoretically.]
I'll show you have to use everything once we get back! I didn't know how to use anything when I arrived, but I can teach now, I guess.
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I will learn this confusing technology with Red.]Thanks. [ He should probably say that for a lot more, actually. But, he's thinking about something. ] The only thing I can think that does something like that are the pokéballs. If you try and catch a pokémon that's already been captured, it bounces your pokéball back... but it doesn't really track a pokémon. Just if it's owned.
[ Saying it aloud... ] I guess it's not the same after all.
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Good luck.]Can Pokéballs work on all kinds of animals? Or are all the animals in your world Pokémon? That would mean it only works on animals in your world, right?
[Ah... back to the barrage of Pokémon world questions.] Anyway, don't worry! If you keep your mind open and your eyes peeled, you'll learn quickly! All you need to do is want to learn.
[Out of necessity, or interest? ...Well, you'll learn anyway.]
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Well. ]
Sure. [ He'll probably try anyway. ] And animals... are those your pokémon? A pokémon's a pokémon, they live in the wild all over.
[ He could go into better detail, but he's not in the most best of moods. ] As long as it's a creature, a pokéball should be able to catch it.
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As long as it's a creature? Wow! Do you have a Pokéball with you right now?
[One that doesn't already contain Charizard. But for all he knows, you could catch endless Pokémon with one Pokéball.]
What counts as a creature, though?
[Not the Neraki, right?]
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[ Not something that makes him very happy. One more thing on a pile of grievances. As for the next question, that gets Red flustered as he tries to explain. What makes an animal an animal? ]
A creature's a -- pokémon. It's anything not human. If it's not human it's a pokémon.
[ It's what anyone would say on his planet, not thinking about the others in existence. In their minds only more pokémon existed outside their world. ]
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Hanbei turns around again to walk backwards (didn't he say he wouldn't do that anymore?!), smile on his face.]
What if I told you I wasn't human, then?
[he's bluffing u btw]
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What?
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[He's a human who met a Mystic, and she's the one who can travel back in time. But at least they've wasted so much time in small talk, they're coming closer to camp.]
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[ The question isn't if he's lying, but why he's saying this. What was the point of it? ]
No one can go back in time. That only happens in storybooks. [ So... ] What are you trying to say?
[ He really doesn't get it. ]
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[Where's the wild overreaction and awe?] Well, time and space isn't a problem to some people. I know someone who can go back in time. And the CDC can jump forward and back in time, too. Just ask them.
[He turns back to face the right direction, stretching his arms behind his head. Once again, Hanbei looks awfully relaxed for someone who was part of murdering whole colonies of Neraki.]
By the way, I'm actually human. It was a joke, if you couldn't tell.
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Somehow, hearing about people travelling through time is hard to be amazed over.
His voice comes out dry when he speaks. ]
I could. You don't make a very good pokémon.
[ It's not a joke, not quite sarcastic, but there's enough to indicate that's he's tired and not in the mood for messing around. He doesn't question the ease that the guy walks, but that little game he doesn't get.
At least they're closer now to camp, with others who've already made their way there. The medical team are sure to be having a good time. ]
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Which is one of the reasons why Hanbei's face finally falls, but only after he slows down and begins to walk a bit behind Red instead. He can start hearing other people walking back. Their footsteps are heavy.
They're all tired. But his are still light.]
I can fly. [...] But, I guess I wouldn't really want to be a Pokémon.
[He points somewhere near camp.]
I don't think you guys can enter the rovers, but we can set up tents for you to sleep.
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It tightens at his chest. ]
Sure. [ Is the answer he brushes off the first comment with, not taking it seriously. And for after the part about the tents- ] Do you think Charizard will be okay? He stops bleeding quickly... the nurses and doctors here will be busy, won't they.
[ Something tells him as well there aren't machines to tend to a pokémon. There are his own hands, holding the bottle now by the ends of his fingers, but they only got scraped, slight burns from the heat of arrows that were out upon reaching Charizard.
They still tinge at the sides of his hands like any burn would, but he keeps that to himself. Something also tells him there's going to be worse off people. ]
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And maybe Red would've been a bit too surprised by her appearance, too.]
They'll be busy. But, I'm sure there's someone who can tend to him. Most of us picked up some medical knowledge!
[Is it worth using a
instant healnanite shot on a Pokémon? Hanbei would think so, but there's only so little for each recruit as it is.]The medical rover is that way. Do you want to check it out first?
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Red shakes his head, chewing on his lip but letting it go quickly enough. ] No, it's fine. I'll check him out myself. Where are the tents?
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[That's where they are if there are tents, right? The CDC wouldn't make new recruits sleep on the floor...
...okay, they would. But not this time.]
Try to get some rest! I think we're all ready for a long nap after all of that. I'm come and talk to you another day, alright?
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Alright. [ Ah, and- ] ... Thanks for helping me and Charizard. I appreciate it.
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[And he'll bother/offend you another day.]
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